>god damn i didnt think there would be this much crap to think up when
>planning a 64 build, tis my first real one with PCI-E and what not anyhow
>
>looking at an AMD 3200+ 64 (90nm) socket 939 processor and a Gigabyte K8NF-9
>just checked gigabyte website and a list of supported processors brings up a
>list, i think great, but they are all 130nm
>
>here is the list
>
>http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportList_GA-K8NF-9.htm
>
>so my query is that the processor im looking at a 3200+ 64 socket 939
>winchester with 90nm will it fit on the gigabyte K8NF-9 board which is a
>socket 939 board and will it work on that board
>
>or does the nm not particularly matter?

"J***@Smith.com" <xxxxs***@newscene.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:44:46 -0000, "Christo"
> <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>god damn i didnt think there would be this much crap to think up when
>>planning a 64 build, tis my first real one with PCI-E and what not anyhow
>>
>>looking at an AMD 3200+ 64 (90nm) socket 939 processor and a Gigabyte
>>K8NF-9
>>just checked gigabyte website and a list of supported processors brings up
>>a
>>list, i think great, but they are all 130nm
>>
>>here is the list
>>
>>http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportList_GA-K8NF-9.htm
>>
>>so my query is that the processor im looking at a 3200+ 64 socket 939
>>winchester with 90nm will it fit on the gigabyte K8NF-9 board which is a
>>socket 939 board and will it work on that board
>>
>>or does the nm not particularly matter?
>
> Nope.
>
> Its not really that hard.  You have an Ultra nforce4 chips board I
> think.  Just choose the mem and video card.
>

"J***@Smith.com" <xxxxs***@newscene.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:44:46 -0000, "Christo"
> <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>god damn i didnt think there would be this much crap to think up when
>>planning a 64 build, tis my first real one with PCI-E and what not anyhow
>>
>>looking at an AMD 3200+ 64 (90nm) socket 939 processor and a Gigabyte
>>K8NF-9
>>just checked gigabyte website and a list of supported processors brings up
>>a
>>list, i think great, but they are all 130nm
>>
>>here is the list
>>
>>http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/CPUSupportList/CPUSupportList_GA-K8NF-9.htm
>>
>>so my query is that the processor im looking at a 3200+ 64 socket 939
>>winchester with 90nm will it fit on the gigabyte K8NF-9 board which is a
>>socket 939 board and will it work on that board
>>
>>or does the nm not particularly matter?
>
> Nope.
>

> Its not really that hard.  You have an Ultra nforce4 chips board I
> think.  Just choose the mem and video card.
>

"J***@Smith.com" <xxxxs***@newscene.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:27:00 -0000, "Christo"
> <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>sorry to have to double check this, is that nope it wont work on that
>>board
>>or is it Nope it doesnt matter? its just on the gigabyte website the
>>K8NF-9
>>board has been tested and the comptability only shows 130nm processors,
>>just
>>to clarify will the 90nm procesor work on that board definately?
>
> I assume it does since I havent heard otherwise and if 939 boards only
> worked with 130 nm 939s it would be all over the place.
>
> Anyway heres an example - Anandtech picks that board as a "midrange"
> choice (below SLI) and a 90nm 939 processor to go along with it.
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2324&p=2
>
>
> And I see all the 939 boards selling with a range of choices - 130 and
> 90 nm 939 chips - I think they would say something if there was a
> general problem.
>
> Hey if you hear otherwise look into it. A lot of these new boards may
> have weird bugs that only you a buyer may bother to look into but I
> havent heard anything in general about 90nm not working with various
> 939 boards at all.   Ive got to go now.
>